Election
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Crist's strategy: Marginalize Meek
Politico 2010 &bull Yesterday
With the three-way Senate field set in Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist's fall campaign appears to be increasingly dependent on peeling off Democratic voters and sidelining Rep. Kendrick Meek. On Thursday, Crist announced he had the backing of state Senate Democratic leader Al Lawson, an endorsement that sends a powerful signal to other Democrats weighing their options. Florida desperately needs an independent senator in Washington who… Full Story »
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Mary Jo Kilroy's Path To Victory In OH 15
National Journal - Hotline On Call &bull YesterdayWelcome back to Hotline On Call's "Path To Victory." This week we're looking at OH 15, where Rep. Mary Joe Kilroy (D) is facing a rematch against Steve Stivers (R). One aspect of this race that is particularly striking: Both sides are confident that they will win. Republicans have seen Kilroy's personal disapproval remain consistently high throughout her first term, while Democrats believe Stivers'… Full Story »
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Accepting Defeat in Iraq
The Nation- All Blogs &bull Yesterday
Republicans are complaining that the president didn't mention George W. Bush often enough in his speech announcing the end of combat operations. In fact, he did, quite a bit, and in an over-generous way, most sane people agree. As GRITtv… Full Story »
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Tim Pawlenty, homestate politics and the 2012 presidential race
Washington Post - The Fix &bull Yesterday
Democrats have seized on a recent independent poll that showed a majority of Minnesotans unlikely to vote for outgoing Gov. Tim Pawlenty should he run for president in 2012. The Democratic National Committee blasted a series of clips on the Minnesota Public Radio poll to reporters over the past 24 hours and also sent along some of the local television coverage… Full Story »
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Dingell: 'I need your maximum contribution'
Politico 2010 &bull Yesterday
My opponent is running with the tea party and he claims he will invest his quite substantial personal fortune in his effort to defeat me. He is running around with a poll showing that I am vulnerable." That poll, an… Full Story »
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Tea Party Spokesman Who Was Accused Of Rape Now Baselessly Accuses Mike Castle Of Sexual Impropriety
Think Progress &bull YesterdayNational tea party organizer and profiteerEric Odom recently launched Liberty.com, a conservative website meant to "eclipse the influence of MoveOn.org in campaigns across the country." Partnering with an umbrella group, the site launched with a formidable $700,000 budget and 70,000 members, and has the "intention of becoming an all-encompassing conservative grass-roots organization that weighs in on federal and state… Full Story »
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Iraq war is over, really? - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review
www.hurriyetdailynews.com via @AsiaTodayNews &bull YesterdayBarack Obama, the new Bush, sitting comfortably at his just-redecorated Oval Office declared happily to the world public that the war of the United States in Iraq was over. His predecessor, the old Bush, had also declared years ago that the war was over, but somehow some people probably were unaware that the war was over and killed an even higher number of Iraqis since then. Now, has Obama indeed declared that American troops and… Full Story »
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Dems call for briefing in latest oil rig explosion
Politico Top 10 Blogs &bull Yesterday
Congress isn't wasting any time. With another oil rig explosion, some House Democrats are already demanding answers. Just hours after a Mariner Energy rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the House Energy and Commerce committee is asking Scott Josey,… Full Story »
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Bud Chiles will help Alex Sink's campaign for governor
TampaBay.com Politics &bull YesterdayTALLAHASSEE - As an independent candidate for governor, Lawton "Bud" Chiles railed against the corrupting influence of special interest cash. Out of the race, he's supporting an establishment figure: Democrat Alex Sink. At a joint press conference Thursday in Tallahassee,… Full Story »
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Yes, progressives are to 'blame' for Sarah Palin
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Yesterday
Even though they do not want to, Obamacrats must take the lion's share of the blame for not only destroying the greatness that was the party of Jackson, Truman, and Roosevelt but also for creating the monster that is Sarah Palin and her feminist mama grizzly Tea Party movement. Obamacrats inadvertently set all this up when they first practiced to kill Hillary Clinton. They said Obama could bridge the partisan divide… Full Story »
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A question of judgement - Iraq and the Labour Party leadership race
www.opendemocracy.net via @Howupsetting &bull YesterdayWith voting in the Labour leadership contest underway, David Wearing examines why the Iraq war was such a fundamental call which has much to teach us about a future leader's judgement. Measured by the significance of their consequences, two key policy judgements are likely to shape the way the New Labour government of 1997 to 2010 is perceived by future historians. One is the decision to accept and take forward the neoliberal economic philosophy of the previous Conservative government. As a consequence of that decision, the British economy became over-dependent on finance, under-regulated, and therefore uniquely exposed to the near-collapse… Full Story »
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Voter fraud already begun. Watchdog group reports thousands of fraudulent registration forms
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Yesterday
As we near the mid-term election on November 2, 2010, the voter registrar in the states will have to live up to the responsibility of their office in weeding out fraudulent voter registration forms which could result in unlawful votes in the General Election; and even carry over to the 2012 Presidential election. Voter fraud could drastically affect democracy in this nation. While we have overseen elections in other countries to insure honesty at the… Full Story »
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USAToday.com Notes Poll Showing Bush Blamed for Economy, Skips One Showing Voters Favor GOP On Issues
Newsbusters &bull Yesterday
Yesterday the Gallup organization released a poll showing that Americans trust Republicans over Democrats on most major issues heading into the general election season. Today the same polling outfit released a poll that found a large number of Americans blame George W. Bush for the… Full Story »
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Callahan takes shot at Dent's record on jobs
Morning Call - Pennsylvania Avenue &bull Yesterday
Total People in Discussion: 0Categories:Congress, Election, Election 2010, Pennsylvania, Politics, Washington D.C. Congressional candidate John Callahan's release of a five-point plan to grow jobs has prompted the state Democratic Party to list the five-point plan that they think Callahan's Republican opponent, Rep. Charlie Dent, is peddling. Congressman Charlie Dent's five-point job plan is simple: ship… Full Story »
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Schneiderman's liberal factor
Politico Top 10 Blogs &bull Yesterday
There's been a lot of discussion recently about AG hopeful Eric Schneiderman's liberal creds, and whether certain elements will hurt him in general election against GOPer Dan Donovan if he emerges as the nominee from the five-way Democratic primary. The… Full Story »
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GOP will take House, predicts respected political analyst
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Yesterday
Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, released an analysis forecasting that Republicans are likely to gain control of the House of Representatives by winning as many as 47 seats. Sabato, widely considered "one of the most… Full Story »
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AP Howler of the Day: Kasich 'Keeping Pace' With Strickland in OH Guv Race
Newsbusters &bull Yesterday
In a short item about a Democratic Governors Association election complaint about Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate John Kasich, the Associated Press's Julie Carr Smyth showed that she is willfully ignoring Buckeye State reality, or has been living a hermit's existence… Full Story »
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Does GOP Hold Political High Card On Bush Tax Cut Debate?
National Journal - Hotline On Call &bull YesterdayBoth political parties appear ready to square off over of extending the Bush tax cuts when the Senate takes up the issue later this month, but Republicans may have the upper hand in the debate according to the latest results of the latest National Journal Political Insiders… Full Story »
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ConservaDems To Hold Their Breath And Turn Blue To Save Tax Cuts For The Wealthiest. Way To Read The Public Mood, Boys!
Crooks and Liars &bull Yesterday
Must. Hit. Head. On. Wall. Boy, they're nothing if not predictable, huh? This is the sort of thing that happens when the Democrats don't have a coherent value system. Now, I can actually understand the instinct to punt, because allowing the tax cuts for the… Full Story »
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Libertarian Party Orders 700,000 Door-hangers for 2010 Campaigns
Ballot Access News &bull Yesterday
The national Libertarian Party has ordered 700,000 door-hangers for this year's election campaigns. They only cost 2.5 cents each. They say, "Bring Our Troops Home from Iraq and Afghanistan." The party is counting on its 800 nominees and the campaign… Full Story »
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